Office-bearers
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Ophthalmological Society, (north-zone) comprising Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Chandigarh: president — Dr R.K Grewal (Ludhiana); vice-president — Dr Ishwar Singh (Rohtak); general secretary — Dr P.S Sandhu (Faridkot) and treasurer — Dr S.S Soodan (Jammu).

FATEHGARH SAHIB

Eye check-up camp
Mr T.R. Sarangal, DC, inaugurated a free eye check-up camp at Bassi Pathana town on Wednesday. The camp was organised by the Rotary Club, Sirhind and the State Bank of Patiala, Bassi Pathana. This was the first camp where intra ocular lens technology was used, according to Mr P.L. Goyal, Civil Surgeon. More than 1,000 patients were examined, out of which 150 patients were operated upon.

JALALABAD
Cooperative society
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Romawala Cooperative Society: president — Mr Jatinder Singh Kala; and vice-president — Mr Joginder Pal.

KAPURTHALA

Enrolment
As many as 699 persons have been registered in the local Employment Exchange this month, according to Mrs Usha R. Sharma, Deputy Commissioner. She said the unemployed persons on the registers of the exchange had increased to 21,845 and Rs 13,395 had been disbursed as unemployed allowance.

LUDHIANA

Dasehra committee
The following have been elected office-bearers of the local Urban Estates Ram Lila-Dashera Committee: president — Mr Ravi Gupta; senior vice-president — Mr B.R. Kaushal; vice-presidents — Mr Devinder Bittu; and Mr Rakesh Bansal; general secretary — Mr Shiv Gupta; and finance secretary-cum-treasurer — Mr Raj Garg.

MOGA

House burgled
Thieves entered the house of Mrs Jaswant Kaur, a resident of Alam Wala Kalan village, under Baghapurana police station, and decamped with cash and jewellery.

NAWANSHAHR

Sangat darshan
The Deputy Commissioner, Dr Roshan Sunkaria, while addressing a "sangat darshan" programme organised at Behram village on Tuesday to mark the 'World Literacy Day', stressed the need for linking the literacy drive with development and social awareness programmes. The DC also gave cheques for Rs 5,100 each to seven persons under the "shagun scheme".

PATHANKOT

Body found
The body of the son-in-law of Mr Sanji Ram, elder brother of Mr Mohan Lal, Forest Minister, Punjab was found near Chakki bank railway station on Tuesday. The deceased was 25 years old and was married eight months ago. The body was cremated after a post-mortem examination.

PATIALA

Rally
Residents of the New Mehar Singh and Mehar Singh colonies held a rally in protest against the improper water supply and sewerage in the area. Mr Jagtar Singh Rajla, local MLA announced a grant of Rs 50,000 from the district Planning Board for the development of the area.
Elected
The following have been elected office-bearers of the New Mehar Singh and Mehar Singh Colony Welfare Association: president — Prof M.S. Saini; senior vice-presidents — Mr B.S. Sethi, Mr K.C. Sharma and Mr R.T. Verma; vice-presidents — Mr Sukhdev Ram Gupta, Mr Vinod Mehta and Mr Jarnail Singh; and general secretary — Mr Pritpal Singh.
Computer education
The Universal Computers here has launched a computer literacy mission free of cost and constituted an advisory board to monitor the progress.

PHAGWARA

One killed
One person was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles on the Phagwara-Jandiala road on Wednesday. The injured persons belonged to Darveshpind, Apra, Kadiana and Hadiabad villages.

PANCHKULA

Blood donation camp
The local Sathya Sai Seva Organisation is organising a blood donation camp at D.C. Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 7 on September 13.
Rafi nite
The City Culture, Chandigarh, is organising a Rafi Nite at Yavanika Open Air Theatre here on September 12. Mahesh Inder Singh along with 10 male and female singers will participate in the nite.

Cases registered
The police has registered cases of power theft under Sections 379 and 39 of the Electricity Act against Sheetal Dass and Raj Rani, residents of Indira colony, Tohana. They were found stealing power by tampering with the seals of their meters.
Open darbar
Residents of the local Basti Bhiwan, Hans colony, Appu Nagar, Thana Road and Daryapur village complained to the Deputy Commissioner at an open darbar that they were not getting sufficient water supply. They also alleged that the supplied water was contaminated.
Suicide
Phoolpati, a young married woman of Mehrana village, (Rajasthan), allegedly committed suicide along with her paramour Bhim Singh, by consuming poison on Wednesday at Daryapur village. According to the SP, both were residents of the same village and had fled from their homes on September 6.

GURGAON

Project
Mr Jagdish Yadav, State Minister for Forests and Education said the European Union had sanctioned Rs 126 crore for the Aravalli project in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Mohindergarh districts. The project will cover 300 villages of these districts.

SIRSA

Case registered
Renu, a resident of Chautala village, succumbed to her burns here on Wednesday. She has made a dying declaration. The Mandi Dabwali police has registered a case under Sections 304-B and 498-A, IPC, against Ramesh Kumar, her husband.

SONEPAT

Office-bearers
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Adarsh Dramatic Club: president — Mr Bhagwan Dass Batra; vice-president — Mr Romesh; secretary — Mr H.C Batra; and treasurer — Mr Pawan.
Friendship society
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Indo-Vietnam Friendship Society, Haryana: patron-in-chief — Mr P.K. Ranade; president — Mr Surinder Mohan Sharma; and secretary general — Mr I.D. Verma.

Died
Pawan Kumar of Aluha village, who was a class X student, died under mysterious circumstances at his village on Thursday. A case has been registered.

KULU

Cases settled
Nearly 24 cases were settled at the "prashashan janta ke dwar par" programme on Wednesday at Gadsa. The Additional District Magistrate presided over the programme. The pending cases were referred to the department concerned.
Urged
The Agriculture Employees Federation has condemned the HRTC authorities for withdrawing the Kulu-Kotli bus service. Mr K.R. Kanudal, senior vice-president of the federation, said the bus had been operating on the route for the past 18 years and no other bus service plied on this route.